Marana gets to dancin' this weekend

Marana gets to dancin' this weekend

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Marana High School seniors Dynee Benavidez and Tawsha Dewey are part of the school's dance team, which is one of 32 different crews performing this week at Marana High School's Hip-Hop Dance Show.

Marana gets to dancin' this weekend

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Tickets for the show this Friday and Saturday at $5 in advance and $10 at the door.

Marana gets to dancin' this weekend

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Marana High School junior Emily Ginn and the rest of the school's dance team runs through one of its routines during rehearsal last week. The team was preparing for the hip-hop show it is hosting and performing in this Friday and Saturday.

Marana High School's award-winning dance team hosts and performs
at the eighth annual Tucson Hip-Hop Show, this Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 12-13, in the school's auditorium.

The event features some of the most talented dancers in Southern
Arizona performing the latest styles of hip-hop, breaking and
"popping/locking," a release said. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the
show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the
door.

Tickets can be purchased by contacting coach Jennifer Barton at
520-616-6400, extension 5630, by emailing her at J.P.Barton@maranausd.org, or
through any of Marana High School's dancers.

The annual show will have 32 different crews, comprised of about
350 dancers, performing during the two-hour event at the school,
which is located at 12000 W. Emigh Road.

"This event is an excellent opportunity for school dance
programs, dance studios and individual artists to come together as
a community to celebrate the arts through dance," Barton said in a
release. "It also provides an excellent opportunity for the
audience to show its support for these hard-working and talented
young dancers."

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